ME/CFS gone from moderate to severe after wrong antibiotic, still severe
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Sep 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
my drop into severe ME
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
cracked the floor for me between moderate and severe and has brought me to my current worst stage
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
has brought me to my current worst stage
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user with ME/CFS, Hashimoto's, CIRS and SIBO—the latter three diagnosed through a functional medicine doctor after psych facilities believed they had catatonic depression—described themselves as having gone from moderate to severe. A course of ciprofloxacin, which they say was the wrong antibiotic, pushed them into severe ME, their current worst state; their infectious disease doctor suggested it may have been a trigger. They are looking for health tracking tech to help pace; a cheap fitness tracker proved inaccurate.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Fitbit watch · No change
I bought a really cheap version of a Fitbit watch and it wasn’t accurate/useful and I threw it out after a few months.
In context ↗ - functional health doctor · Not said
without a functional health doctor my Hashimoto’s, CIRS, and SIBO would never have been caught and diagnosed in the first place
In context ↗ - cipro (ciprofloxacin) · Much worse
was finally what cracked the floor for me between moderate and severe and has brought me to my current worst stage
In context ↗
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | living with ME/CFS at a moderate levelcracked the floor for me between moderate and severeIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2026-09-26 | dropped from moderate to severe ME after a course of ciprofloxacina stupid round of cipro that was actually the WRONG ANTIBIOTIC for what it was treating was finally what cracked the floor for me between moderate and severe and has brought me to my current worst stageIn context ↗ | Severe | Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) |
Adverse events
- Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)“a stupid round of cipro ... cracked the floor for me between moderate and severe and has brought me to my current worst stage” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse